You are correct that the parish registers involved in the recent Ancestry/LMA/Guildhall project are just that - *parish* registers. In other words, CofE. Many non-parochial (i.e. non-parish, i.e. non-conformist) registers ended up at the National Archives and a lot of these are now available via www.thegenealogist.co.uk (who won the contract to digitise and offer online access). The cost per record is pretty steep, and the cost for an image is steeper still, but the search facility is good and searching the index is free. If you think you might need to spend some time with these records, a shortish subscription might be better value, particularly as they have a great deal of other material, including *fully transcribed* censuses (i.e. occupations, addresses etc transcribed and therefore searchable), and a growing number of PCC wills available for download (credit-free on many subs). This latter facility can be very useful if you are trying to piece together a complex family through a large number of wills - the 3.50 GBP cost via TNA is very reasonable, but when you put the 6th one of the evening in your basket it can be a bit painful! Catholics are a nightmare (from the family history point of view!). The only large scale source of any information from their registers is the Catholic National Library at Farnborough which has transcripts of quite a few churches. But from 1754 until 1837, Catholics would have had to marry in a CofE church, so you ought to be able to find them somewhere. Hope this helps Caroline > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-surrey- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fionnghal > Sent: 06 October 2009 14:01 > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SRY] ancestry new records - John Austin > > If he and his family were dissenters, it is possible they aren't > amongst Ancestry's offerings which look to be mainly Established > church.  None of my Catholic root are to be found, though they were all > Londoners.  200yrs of them and not a single birth or death coming up > and the one marriage only that appears was because the man wasn't > Catholic.  However, the kids grew up Catholic and they're missing.  :- > (  Many of them had really helpful names like Clark/e - so easily > distinguishable from the thousands of other Clark/s on FreeBMD. :-/ I > could cry. > > So maybe that's the problem. > Have you tried > http://www.parishregister.com/searchpage.asp > They have Bermondsey records: > St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey 1782 to 1812 > Entries:13,606 Completion:100% [CD available] > St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey 1813 to 1822 > Entries:4,791 Completion: 100% [CD available] > St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey 1822 to 1829 > Entries:4,783 Completion:100% [CD available] > > or you can do a search for likely individuals and purchase those > without getting a cd. > > 'Find my Past' also lists some. > You don't mention when he was born or any other details. Someone may > be able to help you if you provide more data. > > le durachd > > Fionnghal > > > Ancestry's latest offerings with the > > London parish records but I STILL can't find my elusive > > John Austin. 1851 census says he was born > > in Bermondsey, and he was buried in Abney Park so by his > > death at least he was a dissenter.   If his parents were > > dissenters was there a baptism > > or other ritual that may have been recorded? > > > > > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message